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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams

Add, Which, Give

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - Douglas Adams

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams

Love, Funny, Fly

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams

Learning, Throw, How

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with. Douglas Adams

Through, Still, Rough

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams

Bizarre, Here, Another

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams

Mistake, People, Something

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. - Douglas Adams

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. Douglas Adams

Always, Almost, Wanted

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. - Douglas Adams

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. Douglas Adams

Mistake, Think, Potatoes

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. - Douglas Adams

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. Douglas Adams

Think, I Think, May

We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them. Douglas Adams

Think, Use, Them

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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair. Douglas Adams

Repair, Might, Goes

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams

Been, Move, Very

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge? Douglas Adams

Rain, Think, I Think

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams

Fact, Well-Known, Made

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Douglas Adams

Beautiful, Gardening, See

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams

Experience, Almost, Having

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. Douglas Adams

Never, Hang, Could

See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise, you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that. Douglas Adams

Always, Expecting, Otherwise

We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem. Douglas Adams

Problem, Still, Repeat

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. Douglas Adams

Business, Otherwise

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. Douglas Adams

Hands, Small, Like

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner. Douglas Adams

Woman, Country, Very

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. Douglas Adams

Dreams, Speculative, His

Books are sharks... because sharks have been around for a very long time. There were sharks before there were dinosaurs, and the reason sharks are still in the ocean is that nothing is better at being a shark than a shark. Douglas Adams

Shark, Reason, Very

If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat. Douglas Adams

Hands, Your, Works

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. Douglas Adams

Fly, Ground, Must

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